Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.
Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.
Husbandry and Basic CareGeneral stuff about keeping and maintaining cornsnakes in captivity.
i defo agree with homer, i feed my snake once a week, but i ALWAYS check for poop before feeding just to be sure there is no food in the system and she is all ready for another meal
(btw i didnt mean feed as soon as they pooped....)
Originally posted by CornDude shaun 1 fluff a week for a 30in corn? if i were you id increase to 2 a week or if it will take em small adult mice, my snake is imo healthy and is '03 and 3ft.....
He's sick at the moment and isn't eating anyway - However before that he wouldn't take a second one when offered. An adult mouse would exceed the 1.5 food/girth ratio. I feel i am adheering to the CSM guide of 1-2 food items every 7-14 days.
I have been feeding my corn 2 large mice a week. She has seemed hungry again after a couple of days. So we gave her 2 more. Now a couple days later she wants to eat again. I am worried i'll over feed her. But then I wonder if she is really hungry should I feed her? If she wasn't hungry I would think she would refuse.
[quote=Ms.Ivory;1730340]I have been feeding my corn 2 large mice a week. She has seemed hungry again after a couple of days. So we gave her 2 more. Now a couple days later she wants to eat again. I am worried i'll over feed her. But then I wonder if she is really hungry should I feed her? If she wasn't hungry I would think she would refuse. She is about 2 years old and is 4.5 ft approx.
That is WAY too much! She needs one medium to large mouse every two weeks. Snakes always "seem" hungry; this doesn't mean you should feed them as much as they will eat. She will get very obese and this will affect her quality of life, as well as shorten her life.
As Nanci stated, you are feeding way too much. Snakes overfed often develop lipomas, or fatty tumors or growths under their skin. While benign, the lipomas seldom diminish in size, even when the snake is put on a proper diet. I have seen fatty deposits, usually near the cloaca, on several overfed corns. Fatty deposits around internal organs are never good for the health and longevity of a snake.
Join
now to reply to this thread or open new ones
for your questions & comments! Cornsnakes.com
is the largest online community dedicated to cornsnakes . Registration is open to everyone and FREE.
Click Here to Register!
Linear Mode
